SQL Server DBA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SQL Server Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 579 654
Rank change year-on-year +193 +75 +142
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 11 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.074% 0.038% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.040% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 19
10th Percentile - - £45,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £85,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% +70.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 - £60,625
90th Percentile £75,000 - £65,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -34.38% +48.84% +4.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

SQL Server DBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SQL Server DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server DBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server DBA.

SQL Server DBA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Server DBA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SQL Server DBA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL Server DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) T-SQL
2 9 (81.82%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (63.64%) Azure
4 5 (45.45%) AWS
4 5 (45.45%) SaaS
4 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
5 2 (18.18%) SDLC
5 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Server Management
5 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) RedGate
5 2 (18.18%) High Availability
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) Advertising
5 2 (18.18%) Replication
5 2 (18.18%) AIX
5 2 (18.18%) Solaris
5 2 (18.18%) Linux

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) SaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (18.18%) Advertising
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) AIX
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Server Management
3 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) T-SQL
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) RedGate